Weekly sports network rankers

After a two-week Chicago Cubs-fueled run as the kings of primetime as expected FS1 fell way, way back. FS1 was 1st in all of cable primetime the previous week but fell all the way to 60th for the week ending October 30. ESPN led all of cable in primetime for the week with FS1 lagging behind ESPN, NFL Network, ESPN 2, Univision Deportes and Fox Deportes (which has the Spanish language…

Even without a game 7 of the NLCS four Cubs games in a week had FS1 easily beating ESPN in primetime for the week. FS1 led all cable (not just sports) in primetime viewership for the week with 4.235 million viewers, though this week FS1 trailed ESPN in total day viewing. While the Fox mothership is ecstatic to have the Cubs in the World Series on its broadcast network, it’s…

I long ago stopped posting these regularly because they don’t change enough week-to-week to be all that interesting (to me.) But this week was interesting! Fueled by four primetime Cubs games, FS1 not only beat ESPN in primetime and total day viewership, it led all of cable in primetime viewership — and it wasn’t close. In primetime viewership FS1 led its nearest competitor Fox News by more than a million…

If you combined all the other cable sports networks’ averages in primetime, ESPN still would lead by a million viewers, so ESPN has that going for it, which is nice. In overall rankings (not just sports) in primetime ESPN led its nearest competitor (AMC with a 1.935M average) by more than a million viewers. Primetime rankings for the week ending November 1, 2015: Net Viewers (000) Viewers 18-49 (000) ESPN 2992 1,398…

Although the NLDS games and NLCS games have drawn many more viewers than the ALDS and ALCS on FS1, since TBS isn’t primarily a sports network I don’t include it in these weekly network rankings. But in the overall cable rankings (not just sports) for the week TBS was #1 in primetime in total viewers and adults 18-49 and ESPN was 2nd. Primetime rankings for the week ending October 18,…

Propelled by ALDS action and USA-Mexico soccer, FS1 jumped into second place in both primetime and total day viewing for the week with a comfortable lead over NFL Network and ESPN2 in primetime. Although the NLDS games have drawn many more viewers than the ALDS, since TBS isn’t primarily a sports network I don’t include it in these rankings. Primetime rankings for the week ending October 11, 2015: Net Viewers (000)…